This is the thread for LucasArts alumni/DoubleFine/Telltale games: Psychonauts, Costume Quest, Brutal Legend, Deathspank, Sam and Max, etc.

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I put ScummVM on my DS but I've never played any of these games and am not really sure where to start. Any tips?

czn, Saturday, 26 January 2008 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link

Day of the Tentacle, all of the Monkey Island series(tho the last one is a bit of a drop off), Fate of Atlantis, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Sam & Max, etc

Seriously, all the Lucasarts/Lucasfilm Games adventure output from Monkey Island I up thru Grim Fandango is great. I've never tried it on a DS so i don't know how well it will work out.

kingfish, Saturday, 26 January 2008 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link

I put Day of the Tentacle and Beneath a Steel Sky on there and they both run really well. The touch-screen is a really good fit for point and click too. Impressive.

Trying to figure out if I can run Grim Fandango on it. I doubt it.

czn, Saturday, 26 January 2008 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link

Grim Fandango isn't SCUMM.

abanana, Saturday, 26 January 2008 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html

forksclovetofu, Friday, 1 February 2008 06:59 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Anyone been playing those Sam & Max titles? I really want to get into them, but I want to play the DOS one first, but I don't know where to get it! :(

Will M., Monday, 17 March 2008 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

okay. lungfish. i have followed him underwater in the bathysphere. i did the thing where he chases me and i have to run in the air bubble, twice. i did the thing where i whack the boxes of pins and nails so they fly at him like missiles, twice. now he's in the airbubble with me, whacking me with a fiery talon, and i don't know what to do. shotting him does nae good. thumping him doesn't seem to do it. i have yet to try pyrotechnicising him or anything. i am a bit stumped; HELPS.

pen(istentiary) (stevie), Sunday, 10 May 2009 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link

i don't remember this but a walkthough says to use the clams

abanana, Sunday, 10 May 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah, you have to hit the clams so they open up and get them to snap down on the lungfish's dangly lure thingy (iirc, it's been a while).

Telephone thing, Monday, 11 May 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link

haha! that makes sense! thanks...

this game is AWESOME, btw. am so enchanted by the figments, the mental baggage, etc...

pen(istentiary) (stevie), Monday, 11 May 2009 13:01 (fifteen years ago) link

you're gonna like the "milkman" :)

Nhex, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link

and I LOVE the section you're doing right now after the lungfish chase

Nhex, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah, the game didn't really grab me until after I beat the Lungfish, and then I was like "oh, this is the best".

Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link

lungfishopolis is just so so so much fun.

pen(istentiary) (stevie), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link

oh man just reading and remembering all this stuff makes me think i should go dig out my original copy of this and play through it again

Esprit de Corpsgrinder Fisher (jjjusten), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link

i'm sort of bummed that i got it on xbla, because i totally want to lend it to my younger brother once i'm done...

pen(istentiary) (stevie), Monday, 11 May 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link

i think i might reget this on xbla

I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

So much news!

Monkey Island XBLA!
New Monkey Island from TellTale!
aaaaaand:

"The lawsuit claims Activision paid Double Fine about $15 million to develop "Brutal Legend," but the studio missed a key deadline last year. The suit claims Double Fine then said it would need another nine months and $7 million to complete the game.

"Hey, if Activision liked it, then they should have put a ring on it," Double Fine President Tim Schafer said. "Oh great, now Beyonce is going to sue me too."

pending echeques (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 June 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link

Monkey Island remake = why not, I gess?

New Telltale Monkey Island looks surprisingly bad from the trailer, like as ugly as the last Monkey Island in 3D, but somehow worse.

The Activision lawsuit is totally ridiculous, they dropped the ball by ditching the game to begin with. Obviously this is BS, because if they really had it locked up legally, Double Fine never would have been able to shop it to EA after Activation bailed.

Nhex, Thursday, 4 June 2009 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Activision - helping law firms get through these tough economic times.

mayor jingleberries, Thursday, 4 June 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link

isn't this like the whole brouhaha that surrounded the watchmen movie?

Norwegian Wood Smash (stevie), Friday, 5 June 2009 07:42 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

which should i play first?

psychonauts?

or beyond good and evil?

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 June 2009 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link

love both these games so much.
psychonauts is more platformy and has optional collectathons like a rare n64 game.
bg&e switches up its gameplay a lot, one section might be a stealth game, the next you're playing a time trial racing game etc etc.
if you're buying from steam be warned that both of these have some issues running.

zappi, Thursday, 25 June 2009 12:34 (fifteen years ago) link

i've got the PS2 versions

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 June 2009 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link

Psychonauts all the way. You may not be impressed with the gameplay at first (though the writing is aces from the opning cutscene on) but once you reach the asylum it gets really great, really fast.

Telephone thing, Thursday, 25 June 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link

I'd actually do BG&E first. They're both good, but I found BG&E's gameplay (especially the photo snapping) to be generally more fun than Psychonaut's mediocre platforming, though the latter has superior writing (to almost all games), so it's better to follow up with that one. Also the end of Psychonauts is so annoying (jumping-wise) it might kill your desire to play another game of the same type so quickly.

Nhex, Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

surprised the new monkey island game hasn't been mentioned on here http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland
has anyone played it yet? i'm looking forward to it but half expecting to be disappointed. it has had some decent reviews, mind

(brief mention on ILE)

NI, Friday, 10 July 2009 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link

I kinda want to? Afraid it's going to be a disappointment.

Why? I forget what biologists have suggested. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 July 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link

I'm really looking forward. Will probably play it early next week.

Mordy, Friday, 10 July 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link

Trailer was pretty underwhelming. Also, it basically looked to be the same graphical level as Escape from a decade ago! I'm not expecting ultra-realism from an indie developer, but damn...

Nhex, Friday, 10 July 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link

But it's Monkey Island!

Mordy, Friday, 10 July 2009 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Okay, is anybody playing Lucidity? Should I get it?
And how about Sam and Max for XBLA?

"Keep Tweeting", Raged Roger The Kindly Hippopotamus. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:33 (fifteen years ago) link

well the demo sure made me want nothing to do with it

FCK R VWLS (jjjusten), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link

re: lucidity btw

FCK R VWLS (jjjusten), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 09:44 (fifteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

I wonder if Brutal Legend will ever come out on PC.

Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

Telltale announced they're making adventures based on Jurassic Park and Back To The Future.

the most horrifying moment in shallow grave (abanana), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link

MARTY?! That sounds great. I really should pick up some of Telltale's games, but the response to them seems to be generally kind of lukewarm. Not sure if this is because they're mediocre or because nobody really cares about the adventure game genre anymore, though.

Nhex, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link

bttf one sounds interesting, i would try that one

Don't look at the finger (Ste), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link

four months pass...

reeeeeeally interested in costume quest; a little scared of being disappointed but...
http://www.costumequestgame.com/

Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 October 2010 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link

Got it and played it for about two hours... loads of fun! Total RPG for dummies and total fun! The decision to use text and no voices is SO WELCOME. These lines can be funny but not when they're spoken. Really recommended.

Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 05:29 (fourteen years ago) link

is this on XBLA yet?

The Boondog Taints II: All Taints Day (stevie), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link

today; PS3 was yesterday.
I just beat the second (of i think four?) levels; this game is a total hoot.
it's only occasionally lightly challenging but it has all the fun of a solid old NES rpg; totally on rails but you feel like you're in control of the progress. tons of great writing and very very little repeat text. Cool animations, fun qte combat, amazing character design, awesome music... basically if Brutal Legend had played like this it woulda been a GOTY contender. Going back to basics is a good look for them. I haven't even beat this yet and i'm already looking forward to the DLC.
YAY!

Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link

ABBOTT: Get this. It is made for you.

Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link

fun qte combat

This is both an oxymoron and a game killer for me. QTEs are the worst "innovation" in gaming ever.

EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link

Oh man, forks, you had me sold even before you put my name in all caps like that. Maybe if I'm lucky Santa will bring me a PS3. I didn't even get a PS2 until 2007.

17th Century Catholic Spain (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link

it's minor, it's minor.
basically you boost your attack if you hit x when it asks you to, that sort of thing. really, it just holds your attention through what would otherwise be YOU HIT SLIME FOR 2 POINTS DAMAGE

Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link

xp

Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link

Okay. As long as it isn't a requirement to advance past something I'm cool.

EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link


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